London Doodle
Last time we were in London I remembered to take my sketch book …. Continue reading London Doodle
Tag: Sketchbook
Designing a Book Cover
As my husband is working on his novel I thought I’d start looking at book cover designs. He wanted a similar style to the one I created for his second book of short stories inspired by the extremely talent American designer Saul Bass. I posted my designs back in September on this post. As his novel is still work in progress I’m a bit sketchy when … Continue reading Designing a Book Cover
Steampunk Sketching
Not really sure what this is – drawing was a bit of a miss mash from multiple images but looks ok. Definitely need to work on how to paint reflective surfaces Continue reading Steampunk Sketching
Remembrance Sunday
To honour this very special day of remembrance I’ve gone with one of my favourite war poems and a rather obvious (and not very good) sketch of poppies. If you’re interested in war poems the Guardian published what they see as the top 10 war poems and I was pleased to see one of my favourites. Not one of the usual war poets like Wilfred Owen or … Continue reading Remembrance Sunday
Coffee Shop Sketching
Treated myself to a small moleskin so that I have no excuse not to carry it round……not too happy with the spoon, I need to practice reflective surfaces. Continue reading Coffee Shop Sketching
A Day Trip
On the 19th October I took a day’s holiday as it was my birthday, and lets face it who wants to work on their birthday. I took the opportunity to visit the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham which was a great day out. I got to walk around the exhibition area while Simon (my husband) went to a free recital. As the exhibition … Continue reading A Day Trip
Drawing Food
My husband bought an artichoke recently which I thought was a bit odd as he never east them but whatever his reason I thought I’d take the opportunity for a quick watercolour sketch. Continue reading Drawing Food
Sketchbook Scribbles
Felt a bit unstructured today so reflected in my sketchbook page Continue reading Sketchbook Scribbles
Travel Sketch
I’m still trying to push myself to do more sketching whilst out and about. I haven’t quite mastered the whole sketching whilst standing so train travel is a great start for me as I usually have a seat and on the early morning train enough people are snoozing or too preoccupied to notice. Although I actually captured this sketch on a flight earlier this year Continue reading Travel Sketch
Sketchbook Portrait
Thought I’d kick the month off with another of my sketchbook pages Continue reading Sketchbook Portrait
